Heavy Rain

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 360 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 242 out of 360
  2. Mixed: 66 out of 360
  3. Negative: 52 out of 360
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  1. Esthete
    Nov 28, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. pros:
    - interesting characters

    cons:
    - clues doesn't matter
    - 60+ years old villain it's not the same thing that "suspect is between 30-45 years" - as said Norman.
    - fat 60+ years asthmatic-villain super fighter and runner - ridiculous.
    - villain no resemblance to little himself
    - f* QTE
    - camera not worked with mouse axis only WSAD
    - not stable framrate
    - glitches    … Expand
  2. Renaigse
    Jan 8, 2020
    7
    Сюжет неплох, чего и следовало ожидать от визуальной новеллы, однако экспозиция ну оооочень затянута и скучна, из-за ее всратости не удивлюсь, если кто - нибудь забросил игру в первые 2 часа. Персонажи интересные и классные, выбор влияет, атмосфера просто запредельная, графика оставляет желать лучшего, но игра все-таки 2010 года, так что можно сделать игре снисхождение. После прохожденияСюжет неплох, чего и следовало ожидать от визуальной новеллы, однако экспозиция ну оооочень затянута и скучна, из-за ее всратости не удивлюсь, если кто - нибудь забросил игру в первые 2 часа. Персонажи интересные и классные, выбор влияет, атмосфера просто запредельная, графика оставляет желать лучшего, но игра все-таки 2010 года, так что можно сделать игре снисхождение. После прохождения нет ощущения, что ты прошел какой-то шедевр, или игра раскрыла много проблем, закрутила сюжет, этого всего нет. Просто неплохая игра на 1 раз, не более.… Expand
  3. touchofheaven
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    Это правда тот самый великий консольный шедевр? По моему что то на уровне игр Telltale, уснул уже на 1 часу игры разогревая сыну пиццу в микроволновке, экспириенс на кончиках закрытых век.
  4. ilya-o_o-
    Dec 31, 2020
    6
    I remember all magazines giving 10 out of 10 when this game was just realized. I even thought to buy a PS3 to play it, but decided to wait and hope that it is released on PC. I avoided all spoilers. So, after 9 years of waiting it's available on PC and finally I played it.

    I expected a great story. Since it is a detective drama, I expected that once I know who is the villain, I would    I remember all magazines giving 10 out of 10 when this game was just realized. I even thought to buy a PS3 to play it, but decided to wait and hope that it is released on PC. I avoided all spoilers. So, after 9 years of waiting it's available on PC and finally I played it.

    I expected a great story. Since it is a detective drama, I expected that once I know who is the villain, I would have understood all strange moves that were shown to make me realize that by myself. I wanted to have an insight moment, which makes all good detective dramas so enjoyable. This is not the case. Using the game's reasoning, absolutely any character could have been the villain. It was just a plot twist for the plot twist itself. Okay, the story can be captivating in the middle, but once you learn who is the villain, the whole story starts to seem senseless and disappointing.

    At the same time, I must admit that the direction of the scenes is quite decent. Somehow it managed to show even such a frustrating story in an interesting manner so that I played it till the end.

    So, I give the score 3 for the story, and 9 for the direction. The average is 6.    … Expand
  5. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    7
    Decent game. The story is so --so, scoring is great, visual is decent, and the voice is also great
  6. Exorio
    Aug 20, 2020
    6
    I've been longing for a game that similar with LA Noire. Not the open world aspect, but the investigation, collecting evidence, solving crime and such. A friend recommended me Heavy Rain. Too bad for me, I don't own a console, Playstation 3 for this matter. As soon as this game announced to coming on PC I was excited. But today when I play it, on the first impression all I got isI've been longing for a game that similar with LA Noire. Not the open world aspect, but the investigation, collecting evidence, solving crime and such. A friend recommended me Heavy Rain. Too bad for me, I don't own a console, Playstation 3 for this matter. As soon as this game announced to coming on PC I was excited. But today when I play it, on the first impression all I got is dissapointment.

    First the game was badly optimized. I have **** tons of games released at 2012 that runs very well at max on my machine. This game, not so much, and it looks uglier than most of the game I had on that period. They could've spend more time optimizing it before releasing on the PC.

    Second, there're too many chores to do instead of giving the players the good stuffs in front. I mean even LA Noire's first case was pretty interesting. I get it that this was sort of like "tutorial mode" in order to make the player grasp on how to navigate and control the game. But later on you still have some of these chores here and there. I feel like they're just there as a "filler" to make the game much more of a game than an interactive movie.

    This is not a bad game despite those two major flaws. I would say this is the next evolution of point and click adventure games that were popular in the late 80's and early 90's. Or an interactive movie on which story comes first.

    Still I was hoping for a game that have hyper laser focus on crime solving. I wouldn't mind LA Noire 2, without the open world and driving segments. Or Heavy Rain 2, with much less chores and better pacing. I've looked at Detroit gameplay, it's a much more polished Heavy Rain, and seems it have better pacing. It give you a very interesting first case right on your face earlier on.

    Maybe I'll give that one a try sometimes in the future. For those who interested in this game, probably better to just skip to Detroit instead.    … Expand
  7. 4ya5h1
    Jan 4, 2023
    7
    this score, 7 out of 10 is not a rate of a pc version, remastered game or smth like that, its score of whole game.
    start of this game is a little boring, a little uninteresting tbh, i, as a player havent seen any really interesting things in plot or in characters, but its my first console exclusive ported to pc, so full pc gameplay on gamepad was really interesting, gameplay was most    this score, 7 out of 10 is not a rate of a pc version, remastered game or smth like that, its score of whole game.
    start of this game is a little boring, a little uninteresting tbh, i, as a player havent seen any really interesting things in plot or in characters, but its my first console exclusive ported to pc, so full pc gameplay on gamepad was really interesting, gameplay was most interesting thing about this game long time of my process.
    but after i passed equator of the game in the moment its became SO INTERESTING and good, for no reason, iuunno, i cant explain it, but game was just fine, and then it became like WOW, very interesting. and i played it, i enjoyed rest of it so much, but it was only 2-3 hours, then i finished, looks like i got worst ending ever, and those questions, those interest in game i got few hours ago hasnt been satisfied, game leaves you with nothing, with emptiness.
    i will try it again later with different perspective, and im sure itll be great, but now its only 7/10    … Expand
  8. boeph
    Mar 27, 2020
    7
    Вполне добротное интерактивное кино, которому все же далековато до лучших творений telltale. Хит в свое время, весьма играбельна и сейчас.
    Напрягает глуповатый сценарий и ужасно топорное управление, из-за чего игре не попасть в ранг культовых.
    Доить игру не стоит, она оправдывает себя лишь на единождое прохождение, во время которого настоятельно прошу не лезть в интернет за спойлерами,    Вполне добротное интерактивное кино, которому все же далековато до лучших творений telltale. Хит в свое время, весьма играбельна и сейчас.
    Напрягает глуповатый сценарий и ужасно топорное управление, из-за чего игре не попасть в ранг культовых.
    Доить игру не стоит, она оправдывает себя лишь на единождое прохождение, во время которого настоятельно прошу не лезть в интернет за спойлерами, дабы выбить себе наилучшую концовку. Лучше вершите судьбу главных героев сами)    … Expand
  9. Sepherim
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    Heavy Rain es un juego que me cuesta decidir si recomendar o no, porque hay razones poderosas en ambos lados de la balanza.

    Empecemos con las razones a favor. Primero, y quizás más importante, la historia está muy bien narrada, con momentos de tensión, con un buen uso de la cámara, una banda sonora que impacta en los momentos en que tiene que hacerlo, etc. A mayores, es un juego donde    Heavy Rain es un juego que me cuesta decidir si recomendar o no, porque hay razones poderosas en ambos lados de la balanza.

    Empecemos con las razones a favor. Primero, y quizás más importante, la historia está muy bien narrada, con momentos de tensión, con un buen uso de la cámara, una banda sonora que impacta en los momentos en que tiene que hacerlo, etc. A mayores, es un juego donde las decisiones realmente impactan mucho en el desarrollo de los acontecimientos. Y esas dos cosas son, en buena medida, parte de las cosas más importantes en un juego de esta clase.

    Sin embargo, los negativos son poderosos. A veces, por crear la tensión del "thriller" hay situaciones muy forzadas y momentos en que los personajes hacen cosas completamente ilógicas, y algunos cabos sueltos que el juego nunca llega a explicar. Y el control del juego, en PC, es muy malo; primero, porque muchas de las acciones no se hacen bien con teclado y ratón. Pero, sobretodo, porque nunca llegan a decirte qué significa hacer o no hacer una interacción, lo único que ves es qué hay que pulsar o cómo mover el ratón, de modo que en ocasiones tomamos decisiones sobre cosas sin saber qué es lo que vamos a decidir porque no indican qué acción corresponde a cada señal. A mayores, ocasionalmente las señales son confusas, o incluso el indicador se sale fuera de la pantalla y no sabes qué presionar, o cuando.

    Por todo ello, personalmente creo que es un juego interesante (aunque corto), con problemas serios en algunos puntos. ¿Vale la pena? Sinceramente, no lo se. Pongámosle un 5 por si acaso.    … Expand
  10. Alexander_1996
    Jan 15, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, all the other interactive dramas I've played were videogames in the first place and movies in the second. Let's say Life is Strange is 70% game / 30% movie, Walking Dead is 60% game / 40% movie - what the ratio would be for Heavy Rain? Let's ponder this together. Would you agree with me if I said Heavy Rain is only 10% game and 90% movie? No? Then let me explain my math: first of all, the movements of every single character are quite restrained by the small locations they are put in and there is basically nothing for you to do but to follow the director's orders (the last time I checked HR wasn't an actor simulator). Second of all, how common it is for a game to have four "playable" characters between which you can't even switch on your own. Also Heavy Rain is using a very common in cinematography editing tool - splitting screen in two or more sections to show completely different locations simultaneously. It is unheard of that in a videogame the character you were playing as managed to commit a murder by himself in secret from you! I think it is outragous! I think you, as a developer of a videogame, have to have certain kind of audacity to do this - unless it is not a videogame. So what makes this title a videogame beside the fact it is marketing itself as one? One could say "there is gameplay" - sure, you control a bunch of stuff...wait, you actually control nothing. Your only objective as a player is to make sure you press the right buttons in the right way or/and move stick/mouse in the way the "game" asks you to just in order to advance the story and finally finish this movie. I easily can see it being implemented into any other real movie - just pause the movie every 30 seconds and make the viewer to press certain buttons to continue it. Would it make a videogame? Doubtfully. At first I really loved the idea - your hand imitating the movement of the character's hand, it would be a great immersive mechanic in, you know, real videogame. Okay, maybe you at least can write your own story where you choices matter? Nah, it is only by the end of the story you get a chance to make some significant choices - 80% of the time Heavy Rain doesn't even bother itself with giving you at least an illusion of freedom. "But dialogues! You can choose what to say!" - you are joking, right? Dialogues is where Quantic Dream really **** up in its attempt to create a videogame. 90% of the time it is impossible to guess what exactly your character will say - could as well not bother myself and just watch a cutscene.

    Okay, but how good is Heavy Rain as a movie? I don't think there is any need to say the writing is superb. It is basically on the same level as L.A. Noire writing is and if you played it you know it means a lot. The actors, the presentation, the atmosphere, the music - everything deserves the highest appraisal. Though the plot itself is flawed: 1) why we didn't get explained what all those Ethan blackouts were all about, especially why he was holding an origami in his hand after the first one ( it seems to me that it was just a pretty cheap way to fool us into thinking he is the origami killer and that's fine if only they didn't forget to tie this loose end) 2) There was no way to guess Shelby is the origami killer - not a single clue was given throughout the whole game. Even worse - since it is a videogame and Shelby is a playable character whose thoughts we can hear it is hard to believe there wasn't a single thought which would give up the fact he is the killer or at least that there is more to the character than it could seem on the first glance. Everything indicates to the fact that David Cage had no idea who the killer was going to be and the decision to make the private detective one was made in the final stages of the production if not then it is just poor writing and I don't know what is worse.

    Conclusion

    If I was to rate it as a game I would rate it 4/10. If I was to rate it as a movie I would rate it 9/10 for the innovative approach and creation of a new genre in cinematography - gamified movie. My advice is if for some reason you can't play it don't sweat it and maybe you would be better off watching the whole playthrough on YouTube then playing it yourself. For example, I would rather enjoy the perfectly choreographed chase and fighting scenes sitting peacefully on my coach instead of distracting myself with these silly "press the right buttons in the right time" minigames in order for the scene to unfold itself while missing half of the aforementioned scene in the process because all my attention is focused on what button to press next. It genuinely feels as though someone created a movie and decided to turn it into a videogame in the last second.    … Expand
  11. ritas666
    Jun 9, 2020
    7
    Небезынтересная игра, хоть уже и старая. Хороший, крепкий детектив. К плюсам прежде всего стоит отнести именно сам сюжет. Также в игре присутствует хороший саундтрек и качественная лицевая анимация. Многочисленные концовки - тоже неплохо. Еще понравилась атмосфера дождя и тревоги, которая пронизывает всю игру. Также отнесу к достоинствам находку с игрой сразу за четырех персонажей.Небезынтересная игра, хоть уже и старая. Хороший, крепкий детектив. К плюсам прежде всего стоит отнести именно сам сюжет. Также в игре присутствует хороший саундтрек и качественная лицевая анимация. Многочисленные концовки - тоже неплохо. Еще понравилась атмосфера дождя и тревоги, которая пронизывает всю игру. Также отнесу к достоинствам находку с игрой сразу за четырех персонажей.

    Теперь о минусах:

    - Вторичный по отношения к катсценам геймплей
    - Примитивная система QTE, к тому же еще и плохо реализованная
    - Крайне неудобная система управления персонажем, передвигать героев жутко неудобно
    - Иллюзия выбора во многих моментах. Например, когда агент ФБР пытается догнать убегающего бандита, то можно запороть все комбинации клавиш и все равно догонишь его. И так по всей игре.
    - Крайне невыразительные герои. Их характеры не раскрыты, их личности шаблонны и плоски. Создатели игры не позаботились о том, чтобы игрок сопереживал не ситуации, а самим людям. Мы ничего не знаем о их прошлом, о их вкусах, о их внутреннем мире. Есть только ситуация, внутри которой они действуют, пустые, словно манекены.
    - Почти все диалоги банальны и скучны, как в примитивном американском кино категории B.

    Команда создателей проделала гигантскую и очень кропотливую работу, за что они заслуживают большого уважения. Игры детективного жанра вообще редко получаются удачными. В этой игре есть оригинальная концепция, любопытная история и гнетущая атмосфера. При этом игра, на мой взгляд, далека от звания "шедевр", коим ее многие наделяют. Кейдж слишком увлекся технической стороной, забыв о том, что вышибание слезы зрителя/игрока лишь паразитированием на теме детских страданий в наше время уже не работает. Кроме мокапа надо еще душу вкладывать в своих персонажей и саму игру, а не пытаться выезжать на шаблонных приемчиках западного кинематографа 20-летней (уже на момент создания игры) давности.

    Моя оценка - 7 баллов. Если не играли - советую ознакомиться.    … Expand
  12. alona
    Jan 22, 2021
    5
    Good game, but still needs improvements. QTE sequences make it difficult. Other than that, story is nice.
  13. Targaryen006
    Jan 26, 2023
    6
    Story
    -Main story 3/5
    -Story Direction 4/5
    -main characters 3/5
    -side characters 2/5
    Gameplay
    -Controls(keyboard and mouse ) 3/5
    -general gameplay 3/5
    Graphics
    -Environmental design 3/5
    -Animations 3/5
    -optimization 3/5
    on record : 9h
  14. PenetratorGod
    Aug 20, 2023
    7
    Not a bad game. The only problem is that the choices are not as effective as they should be in a game like this.
  15. co3676
    Jul 9, 2023
    6
    Altı. .

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. GameOver.gr
    Apr 30, 2020
    75
    Heavy Rain is still a good game with an interesting story, despite the fact that It was originally released 10 years ago. The PC version is a solid port, with the exception of the keyboard - mouse controls which have some problems. Nevertheless, it’s a great opportunity for PC gamers to experience it for the first time.
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  2. GameSpace
    Jul 19, 2019
    80
    It is an incredibly jarring, emotionally gutting game with beautiful music that sinks its teeth into you and refuses to let go until it reels back with a piece of your heart.
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  3. 4P.de
    Jul 16, 2019
    85
    Even ten years after its premiere, this interactive thriller from David Cage is still great. Sometimes you can sense the age when it comes to visuals, but if you haven’t played this yet, you are in for a treat.
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